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PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.
PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...

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Support for Db2 Connect

Transaction flow where we are accessing Db2 for z/OS data with Db2 Connect support is needed.
8 days ago in Instana / IBM Z 0 Under review

Servicenow-Observer to provide ability to discover relationships tables separately from resource discovery

At present when discovering resources from servicenow we specify the tables to collect data from and have to be explicit with the parent and child classes because whilst resources can be discovered from the parent class and it traverses the childr...
10 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Large resource statuses to load a small subset of status event and allow user to page between them to improve performance. So if a resource has more than 30 (user configurable) statuses against it, it would load the first 30 and provide an option to page between additional pages containing the next 30 etc.

Currently if a resource has lots of statuses against them then opening the status view can sit there for ages before loading or giving up and throwing an error. By limiting the number shown and allowing the user to step through additional status r...
10 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Provision to export the topology Data into Excel from Topology Viewer page.

Topology Viewer ASM page has options to export the topology to PNG, SVG Format. Need an option to export the topology to Excel.
11 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Add support for Amazon EBS and EFS as a recommended storage of CP4AIOps when deploying it on ROSA

Background: Currently, only Portworx is a recommended storage of CP4AIOps when deploying it on ROSA. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cloud-pak-aiops/4.4.1?topic=planning-storage-requirements#storage_providers We have to consider migrate NOI...
13 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Add Influx connector for metrics collection

Influx database is timebase database for metrics collection, it is widly use over the globe for store timeseries data. Connector for influx in AIOps will be very helpfull for ingesting metric for anomaly detection.
15 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

AIOps 4.4 - To support Configurable Parent Summary Propagation other than earliest firstOccurrenceTime

In AIOps 4.4, the Event Grouping Parent Summary propagation from Child Event is solely based on the earliest firstOccurrenceTime For Customer who want to upgrade from NOI 1.6.x to AIOps 4.4, this is a challenge. In NOI 1.6.x with CNEA and ASM, the...
15 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

while ASM NFVD observer to consume V2 LCM message or from API, If we receive response without vm name name of the vm need to be updated by vm-id

As per standard SLO 3 LCM message format, we are not receiving the vm-name, so we need to update vm-id in the name attribute
15 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Include Mobile html in NodeSync of WebGUI

The Mobile HTML created through portlets such as Gauges and Event Dashboard are not currently part of NodeSync in HA Environment. These should be part of NodeSync in HA env. Business Case: Business wants to monitor the Dashboard and event Viewers ...
15 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Under review

CP4AIOps Connections - warning when creating Connections with invalid names

When creating a Connection in CP4AIOps (to Instana), you can create this Connection using characters like "_" with no warning. However, the Connection fails later on because of these illegal characters. It would be better if a warning appears when...
16 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review